LEVELS ISSUES IN THEORY DEVELOPMENT, DATA-COLLECTION, AND ANALYSIS

被引:944
作者
KLEIN, KJ
DANSEREAU, F
HALL, RJ
机构
[1] SUNY BUFFALO, BUFFALO, NY 14260 USA
[2] UNIV AKRON, AKRON, OH 44325 USA
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D O I
10.2307/258703
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F [经济];
学科分类号
02 ;
摘要
Despite past entreaties to organizational theorists and researchers to address levels issues more carefully, levels issues continue to arouse confusion and controversy within the organizational literature. We highlight three alternative assumptions that underlie the specification of levels of theory throughout organizational behavior: (a) homogeneity within higher level units, (b) independence from higher level units, and (c) heterogeneity within higher level units. These assumptions influence the nature of theoretical constructs and propositions and should, ideally, also influence data collection, analysis, and interpretation. Greater attention to levels issues will strengthen organizational theory development and research.
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页码:195 / 229
页数:35
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